Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Nicaragua and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Basic Channel to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Glambeats Corp.. All the underground hits.
All Excepter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wally Richardson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Suicide record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kevin Saunderson,
The Seeds,
Sarah Menescal,
Index,
Kas Product,
Panda Bear,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lee Hazlewood,
Thompson Twins,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Offenders,
Gregory Isaacs,
Glenn Branca,
AZ,
This Heat,
Erykah Badu,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Hardrive,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Neon Judgement,
One Last Wish,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Main Source,
Kerri Chandler,
The Names,
The Barracudas,
David Axelrod,
kango's stein massive,
Animal Collective,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Zeros,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Maurizio,
the Germs,
Hasil Adkins,
Simply Red,
Bauhaus,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Invisible,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Can,
Avey Tare,
Sun Ra,
Marc Almond,
Arcadia,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Harmonia,
Lucky Dragons,
Unwound,
Chris Corsano,
The Litter,
Ornette Coleman,
Faust,
The Doobie Brothers,
Altered Images,
Eve St. Jones,
The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.